St. Therese Cathedral, Bacabal

The St. Therese Cathedral[1] (Portuguese: Catedral Santa Terezinha)[2] Also Bacabal Cathedral Is the name that receives a religious building constructed in neogothic style that belongs to the Catholic Church and is located in Praça da Sé (Seat Square) in the city of Bacabal[3] a municipality in the state of Maranhão, in the north of the South American country of Brazil.

St. Therese Cathedral
Catedral Santa Terezinha
LocationBacabal
Country Brazil
DenominationRoman Catholic Church

The temple follows the Roman or Latin rite and is the mother or main church of the Catholic Diocese of Bacabal (Dioecesis Bacabalensis) that was created in 1968 through the bull "Visibilis natura" of Pope Paul VI.

It is under the pastoral responsibility of Bishop Armando Martín Gutiérrez. The church was dedicated to St. Theresa of Lisieux also known as St. Therese and was a Carmelite nun barefoot of France declared holy by the Pope in 1925.

See also

References
  1. Cathedral of St. Therese
  2. "Horário de Missa - Catedral Santa Terezinha - Bacabal - Centro - MA". www.horariodemissa.com.br. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
  3. "Divulgada programação da Festa da Padroeira de Bacabal, Santa Teresinha". www.saofranciscodaschagas.com.br. Retrieved 2016-12-13.

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